Etymology

desaturation

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Today it means: the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other atoms to form a double bond Full definition →

English saturation ← Late Latin saturatio ← Latin dē-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Late Latinsaturatio
  8. Englishsaturation
  9. English todaydesaturation

From de- + saturation.

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